Digital BW, The Print

Hi Robert,

I've been through everything Piezo, and I much prefer the VM inks. For a
beginner, it would be much less money to go with the MIS VM inks. I bet
I've thrown away $600 in paper and inks setting up the Piezo system. But
I was among the first to use it and the software was very buggy, and my
3000 printer was nothing but hassles. Today, I wouldn't expect it to
cost much in testing, as the printers are much better, but the cone inks
did display a LOT of problems with clogging and inks turning green etc.

I am very anxious to see someone using these new piezotone inks in an
upcoming print exchange. Then I'll know for myself if they deliver
better results than the VM MIS inkset. I still MUCH prefer the VM MIS
inkset to the original Piezo inks.

Jerry

Robert Morrison wrote:
> 
> I've been at quad printing for about a year and a half (digital printing
> since dot matrix printers in the 80's) and have tried nearly every major
> system to date.  I think there is no better money spent than an initial
> piezo software purchase.  You will get great prints across many different
> image files...with very little tweaking and will be able to experiment with
> papers...which in my opinion is one of the most interesting alternatives
> that inkjet printing provides over the darkroom.  RGB work flows are really
> tricky from image to image and are very difficult when you switch from paper
> to paper in my opinion.  The MIS VM ink set provides some interesting
> possibilities, but I would strongly encourage a beginner to get the piezo
> software with a set of Cone's new piezotones...I've used all the major ink
> sets out there and I think the piezotones blow the others away.  They are a
> little more expensive...but certainly not 80%...and besides, ink is a small
> part of the final cost of a print, particularly with good paper.
> 
> Robert
> 
> On 6/24/02 7:12 PM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:
> 
> > You'd get just as good results using the VM inkset and Paul Roark's
> > curves, and your ink cost would be cut by about 80 percent. Also you
> > don't need any software.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> 
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